Running LaunchBox and Big Box on Linux

[Quigs0121]

I would love it on my steam deck 🙏

[WR_ELY]

It's ridiculous that you have not been developing Linux  compatibility the whole time.  Now that Linux is breaking into gaming, you are way behind the times.  Windows 11 handed everyone a chance to start fresh and Linux is finally at a point of quality to take advantage of the situation.  Launchbox could have been right there on the edge with Steam if they had thought ahead a little bit.  This was not a sudden development and it was an easy prediction.

Now we have to leave Launchbox behind and I am kinda irritated about it because it did not have to be that way.

[FangerZero]

On 6/5/2025 at 4:55 AM, WR_ELY said:

It's ridiculous that you have not been developing Linux  compatibility the whole time.  Now that Linux is breaking into gaming, you are way behind the times.  Windows 11 handed everyone a chance to start fresh and Linux is finally at a point of quality to take advantage of the situation.  Launchbox could have been right there on the edge with Steam if they had thought ahead a little bit.  This was not a sudden development and it was an easy prediction.

Now we have to leave Launchbox behind and I am kinda irritated about it because it did not have to be that way.

I agree, I really don't want to leave LaunchBox behind, I like the ease of setup and ease of use. For now it's the only reason my GPD Win4 is still running Win11.

Edited July 2 by FangerZero

[Draco1962]

On 6/5/2025 at 5:55 AM, WR_ELY said:

It's ridiculous that you have not been developing Linux  compatibility the whole time.  Now that Linux is breaking into gaming, you are way behind the times.  Windows 11 handed everyone a chance to start fresh and Linux is finally at a point of quality to take advantage of the situation.  Launchbox could have been right there on the edge with Steam if they had thought ahead a little bit.  This was not a sudden development and it was an easy prediction.

Now we have to leave Launchbox behind and I am kinda irritated about it because it did not have to be that way.

I don't think it is ridiculous in the least. Because it isn't on our timeline, it doesn't mean that they are being slack and can't make up for any perceived lost time easy enough with a strong product.

[Tecleador]

I miss Launchbox a lot now that I'm on Linux. 

[bombatomba77]

On 8/6/2025 at 6:43 AM, Tecleador said:

I miss Launchbox a lot now that I'm on Linux. 

Me too.  I do have an installation on my music PC (which is Windows) but I don't use that PC on a regular basis.

I think the two things I miss the most are the interface and the speed of the media scraping.  While there are several "ten-foot" experiences in Linux, there really isn't anything that looks like the basic LB experience that has that many options available.  We can use Lutris to to add single games but we aren't dragging and dropping folders and quickly scraping scans and manuals.  Oh well.  It is what it is.